rouse

CEFRC1

/ˈɹaʊz/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make someone wake up or become active and interested.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

Examples

  • Come on, old dozer, rouse yourself from your dreams!

  • The slogan was designed to rouse the people.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.

  2. To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An arousal.

More examples

In context

  • He roused on her for being late yet again.

  • to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase

  • to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse. Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s.